Autopsy says Wash. soldier was stabbed in heart

9:50 AM,
Oct. 9, 2013

Written by

Manuel Valdes
and Mike Baker

TACOMA, Wash. - A Washington-based soldier who died over the weekend was stabbed in the heart as he was walking away from a deescalating confrontation, prosecutors said Tuesday.

In charging documents, prosecutors said that an autopsy determined that Spc. Tevin Geike, 20, suffered a deep stab wound to his chest that cut through a rib and plunged through his heart.

Prosecutors charged Jeremiah Hill, 23, with first-degree murder, saying he approached Geike from behind and attacked him just as a verbal confrontation between two groups in Lakewood, Wash., was calming down. Authorities also ...